Shelby's DeVoe commits to Clemson Tigers

Published: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 08:55 PM.

“I also like the school: Clemson is still Clemson, you get a good education.”

Continuing to work and improve his game is something DeVoe takes seriously.

“In college, you see lot of pick and roll offense, so I’ll be working on making reads on pick and roll, and working a lot on ball-handling,” he said. “Also, (shooting) floaters in the lane is something you have to be good at. At the next level, you can’t get to the rim every time. I’ll also be working on my on-the-ball defense.”

The Shelby High all-state point guard gave Clemson University a verbal commitment to join the Atlantic Coast Conference school’s 2014 basketball recruiting class on Tuesday.

The 6-foot-3 rising high school senior has been one of the leaders for Shelby’s two consecutive runs to the 2A state semifinals. As a junior, he averaged 20.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists. He earned South Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors in the process for coach Aubrey Hollifield’s Golden Lions.

“The recruiting process gets a little aggravating,” DeVoe said. “So I decided I was going to get it out of the way. Now I won’t have to worry about anything, you can just go enjoy your senior year.”

According to recruiting sources, DeVoe had offers from quite a few NCAA Division I programs. Among those were Marshall, Richmond, Tennessee Tech, Charlotte and Xavier, plus he was reportedly on the radar for Tennessee, Virginia Tech and Butler as well.

DeVoe will be joining the Tigers of Brad Brownell, who recently completed his third year at the helm of the Clemson program.

“They’ve got a pretty young team, last year I got to see them play a lot and they lost a lot of close games,” he said. “The coaching staff is really fun to be around, I like the direction they’re taking it.

“I also like the school: Clemson is still Clemson, you get a good education.”

Continuing to work and improve his game is something DeVoe takes seriously.

“In college, you see lot of pick and roll offense, so I’ll be working on making reads on pick and roll, and working a lot on ball-handling,” he said. “Also, (shooting) floaters in the lane is something you have to be good at. At the next level, you can’t get to the rim every time. I’ll also be working on my on-the-ball defense.”